Monday, May 06, 2019

We are really in trouble

Or so says the UN's Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) in its 1,500-page report, compiled by hundreds of international experts and based on thousands of scientific studies. Here are their main points for we citizens: 

Nature’s Dangerous Decline ‘Unprecedented’ 
Species Extinction Rates ‘Accelerating’

Current global response insufficient; ‘Transformative changes’ needed to restore and protect nature;
Opposition from vested interests can be overcome for public good 

Most comprehensive assessment of its kind;
1,000,000 species threatened with extinction

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